Metal

Colour and shine

Pick which metal it is, from 41 metals or your own colour or photo, and set how shiny it is.

Current release: Matelume 2.0

Pick the metal

1. On the Metal step, click a sphere. The 3D view changes at once.
2. To keep what you started with, pick the first sphere, your own colour or photo: it becomes metal in that colour. A metal from the list uses its own colour instead.
3. Click Continue.

The 41 metals come in three groups:

• Metals (20): pure metals and alloys, such as steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass, bronze and copper, from their measured optical constants.
• Gold alloys (7): yellow, rose and white golds, from Pale yellow gold 14k to White gold 18k.
• Coated finishes (14): PVD and other coatings that are still metal, such as titanium nitride, black and gunmetal finishes, from measured coatings.

Set the shine

1. On the Shine step, drag Shine, or click − and +.
2. Watch the close-up and the 3D view: at 100 % the metal reflects like a mirror; at 0 % it is fully matte.
3. Click Continue.

Shine never changes the colour: it stays the metal's own.

Metal colours for any material

The Colour catalogue on the Photo step has a Metals tab with the same 41 metals as colour chips, in the same three groups. You can start any material from them, not only a metal.